Su, Yu-Ting | Taitung
蘇鈺婷 | 臺東

The Moken people, located on Phayan Island in Ranong Province, Thailand, are one of the three branches of the Austronesian peoples in southern Thailand. They are collectively referred to as "sea gypsies." In the Moken language, "kabang" means house-boat. For the Moken, the kabang is a gift of life, enabling their survival at sea. They liken the kabang to a human being, with a mouth, belly, and bottom, and they coexist with it from birth to death.

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​位於泰國拉廊府帕延島的莫肯族是泰國南島語族中的三系之一，他們被共稱為「海上的吉普賽人」。「卡邦」在莫肯族語中是家船之意，「卡邦」對於莫肯族而言是 賜與他們的生命，能夠在海上生存的的存在，所以他們將卡邦比喻為人，並具有口、腹、臀部等部位，且從出生到老死都與它共生共存。